Great Room Ideas
The great room is where family often convenes most. Make this space warm and inviting with our great room ideas, including fireplace designs, great room decor, furniture, window treatments, great room lighting schemes, and more.

A spellbinding setting deserves a venue that does it justice. Inside and out, this great room offers a festival for the senses. Here are five ideas to take away from this stunning space.
Here's five smart takeaways from this cozy-but-clean scheme.
Great minds may think alike, but in great room design, they typically have little in common aside from containing kitchen, living…
The mantel is an underestimated fireplace feature that can set the tone in any living space. Here's how to decorate a fireplace m…
It's time to rekindle your romance with an old flame: the wood-burning fireplace.
Successful lighting design in a timber home with cathedral and vaulted ceilings soaring 20-plus feet into the air creates an addi…
Whether you want an eclectic look or a way to keep the budget in check, a hybrid timber home offers a variety of advantages.
Windows play a critical role in your timber home’s design. Think about it: Next to the shape and style
of the house, windows have the most influence on how a home looks to the outside world. They also connect your home to the outdoors by capturing the views, and protect against extreme weather and the elements.
Follow these five easy tips to design the perfect great room for your timber home.
Have huge windows in your great room? Here's what window treatments to use for your large timber frame windows.
Carve out customized units in your timber home to address storage needs and complement your home’s style along the way with built…
Longing for comfort? Follow these thirteen design ideas and soon your timber home will be the coziest place around.
The best in home design, chosen by the real timber-frame enthusiasts: you!
Set the right tone for your home at its onset with an inviting entryway.
We asked four industry experts to share their smartest tips for creating a timber home that features less space without sacrifici…
Bye-bye brick and stone. Freestanding hearth products are all the rage in log and timber home design.
A hearth expert shares his years of knowledge.
When a home employs the open-format layout popular in many timber homes, it can be even more difficult to find places to stash belongings. Enter the concept of custom built-ins in timber homes.
Your home's fireplacement is serious business. In this photo gallery we share 9 of the all-time best fireplaces to heat up any timber home.